HARRY HUGHES, Governor 3531

Procurement - Board of Contract Appeals - Time Limits

FOR the purpose of establishing certain time limits for eases
contract disputes before the State Board of Contract
Appeals; and providing for a waiver of any time limit upon
the agreement of all parties in a case; and providing for a
certain contingency.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 21 - Procurement

Section 7-202(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section ll-138(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapters __ and ___ (H.B. 1 and

H.B. 100) of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1985)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 21 - Procurement

7-202.

(c) (1) The Appeals Board shall have jurisdiction to hear
and decide all appeals arising under the provisions of § 7-201(d)
of this article.

(2)  [Proceedings] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH
(3) OF THIS SUBSECTION, PROCEEDINGS before the Appeals Board
shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act as they relate to contested cases
before agencies. The Appeals Board shall, in accordance with the
provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, adopt regulations
which are not inconsistent with that act to provide for informal,
expeditious, and inexpensive resolution of appeals before the
Appeals Board.

(3)  THE FOLLOWING TIME LIMITS SHALL APPLY TO CONTRACT
DISPUTE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE APPEALS BOARD UNLESS ALL PARTIES
IN A CASE AGREE TO A WAIVER OF ONE OR MORE OF THE TIME LIMITS:

(5) THE APPELLANT'S BRIEF SHALL BE FILED WITHIN
40 DAYS AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE IN THE CASE;

(II) THE APPELLEE'S BRIEF SHALL BE FILED WITHIN
30 DAYS AFTER THE FILING OF THE APPELLANT'S BRIEF;